R&D Team Leader (Node JS)
We’re Day.io. We’re the undisputed leaders and history makers in time tracking innovation. We make achieving the impossible look easy. We’re a diverse group, spread across the globe, who are united by a shared set of values and goals. Since 2016, we're proud to have a large variety of paying customers of all sizes - SMBs, Medium Enterprise & Government, that have benefited from the platform.
We’re looking for a highly motivated R&D Team Leader who enjoys working on complex products in a fast-paced and challenging environment to join the undisputed leaders and history makers in time-tracking innovation.
Responsibilities:
Leads an R&D team (5-6 engineers) in the technical aspects of product development lifecycle through the research, planning and execution.
Understand customer requirements & establish team’s goals and priorities by collaborating with other teams (Marketing, QA and Operations).
Research, design and evaluate new services.
Work in parallel on several application components.
Monitor team metrics and objectives ensuring meeting of goals.
Document all phases of research and development.
Support and cooperate with other R&D teams within the project.
Collaborate with product professionals.
Improve system performance and scalability
Education/Skills:
B.Sc. in Computer Science / Software Engineering or equivalent
Strong execution, communication & interpersonal skills
High commitment & dedication to the project and team
Leadership and motivational skills
Project management skills & High self-learning ability
English – Full proficiency
Experience:
2+ years’ experience in leading a team of software engineers
6+ years of experience designing and developing scalable systems
5+ years of experience with Node.js
Experience with microservices architecture
Proficient with unit testing
Experience with RDBMS and nosql databases
Experience with message queues (RabbitMQ, Kafka, NATS, etc…)
Experience with clouds and SaaS architectures
Basic linux system administration skills.
Experience with Redis and Elasticsearch
Experience working with Kubernetes - nice to have
Experience with Google Cloud Platform - nice to have